History TearJerker / AllForLuz

* It’s depressing to see Luz lose her innocence and happiness as more and more bad things happen to her over the course of ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'' due circumstances beyond her control. At first she was happy that superpowers are a thing in her worls only for it all to go through a brutal {{Deconstruction}}. Having PowerParasite superpowers and a CardCarryingVillain, All For One, in her head doesn't help her mental health at all.

* It’s depressing to see Luz lose her innocence and happiness as more and more bad things happen to her over the course of ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'' due circumstances beyond her control. At first she was happy that superpowers are a thing in her worls only for it all to go through a brutal {{Deconstruction}}. Having PowerParasite superpowers and a CardCarryingVillain in her head doesn't help her mental health at all.

* Then, there's the story of Dr. Jade, otherwise known as Hilbert Jade, father of Skara. He was a famous scientist who had been living down in the Underdark with his daughter for 4 years ever since he went into hiding. He had been a part of the Emperor's Science Division, [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin only to have been kicked out and arrested when he tried making an illegal potion for someone in the Emperor’s Coven]]. The scout had been caught and executed, and Hilbert had been next in line for execution after the fact and it was only because The Golden Guard had swooped in to stop said execution at the tearful request of Skara that they were saved but at the cost of being fugitives from the law and leaving their old lives behind. Now, he worked for Perry to recreate the Nomu.

* As Rikitatsu continues to praise his apprentice, he stops as he notices the girl TryingNotToCry. This genuinely catches the man off guard and flat out asks her if she's okay... only for her to hug the person she recognises as a monster and break down into tears. She's so thoroughly broken and traumatised by her experience as a superhuman she's willing to seek comfort from All For One of all people. [[SympathyForTheHero Even some one with a black heart like him is compelled to comfort the girl]], which probably only altruistic thing he's done in over a century.

--> ''She was a witch by blood, but she didn’t have a functioning Bile Sac. [[OxymoronicBeing She was a walking paradox.]] Her mere existence was contradictory, and because of that, she had very few friends.

* As Luz starts to break down into tears, she laments how in just a single month her life has turned to hell. She once thought that the MassSuperEmpoweringEvent was a dream come true that would vindicate her worldview only for to turn into a nightmare as she suffers a long TraumaCongaLine as her life keeps getting worse.

* With all the immediate assassins now dead by her hands, Luz finds herself not wanting to fight anymore. She may never get physically exhausted anymore thanks to one of her Quirks but can still get [[HeroicBSOD mentally and emotionally exhausted]]. She plans, after killing the Wittebanes, to seclude herself away from the rest of society and never show her face ever again because of [[PersonOfMassDestruction all the death and carnage she just caused in one day]], hoping to find some semblance of peace. However, with the authorities now after her and her battle likely becoming front page news, its unlikely she's find it in the Human Realm. Too bad she doesn't have a therapist anymore.
--> '''Narrator''': ''Luz looked down at the road below, where all the carnage had taken place. [[PersonOfMassDestruction It looked like a warzone]]. The blood, the fires, the destruction, and the bodies that lined the floor. She only realized now that the fighting had killed more than just [[BloodKnight Sophia]], [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth her mother]], [[PsychoForHire Jonah]] and [[TheQuiteOne Charlie]]. There were more than over a dozen bodies, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone and it made Luz’s stomach knot]]. [[AccidentalMurder She didn’t mean to kill all of those innocent people]]. Really, she didn’t. They were all caught in the crossfire, none of them deserved that. And yet, here they were. [[TheseHandsHaveKilled Blood coated her hands, a heavy sin, and her body shook]]. She was fine with [[GoodIsNotSoft killing her enemies—current circumstances forced that to happen]]. But the blood of the innocent? [[NeverHurtAnInnocent It was never meant to touch her hands]]. And yet, here it was.''

* At one point, Luz directly asks Millie what has she or her mother had ever done to her as she just wanted to be left alone in peace. The responds that she brought on herself and believes that [[MistakenIdentity Luz and Shigaraki are the same All For One]], despite looking different from before. Heavily, implying the Emperor's coven officer has met the CardCarryingVillain personally while causing trouble for Belos and has not had a good experience with him.

* In her last moments, Camila is in great pain, believing she failed Luz as a mother and knowing she's going to [[DyingAlone die alone]] with only her murderer as witness, Camila still has it in her to FaceDeathWithDignity and GoOutWithASmile. Her one regret being the UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom by sending her daughter to Summer Camp.

* Another big kicker. All For One's death caused the MassSuperEmpoweringEvent to happen in Luz's world when his soul was put in her body! He's directly responsible (albeit unintentionally) for all the death and misery in the story on a global scale. Knowing the bastard, if he ''does'' get to his original Realm and confronts All Might again he's gonna reveal the AwfulTruth to give him a HeroicBSOD that not only did he only give his world a few years reprieve from their world's BigBad but is also an UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom to another world, ruining many lives including the little girl with the DiabolicalMastermind in her head who he's corrupting.

* The sheriff of Gravesfield, unable to arrest her for no reason, intends to make Luz's life as difficult as possible, blaming her for his nephew's death at the summer camp (who she might not even be responsible for) and viewing her as a SerialKiller that pulled a KarmaHoudini on a technicality. [[DirtyCop He has bribed]] store owners, gyms, day-cares, libraries, restaurants, and even the local schools (including online ones) to ban her from their shops spreading rumours that she was a crazy murderer, preventing the girl from having some semblance of a normal life. Not even [[MamaBear Camila]] is able to do much about her daughter's HeroWithBadPublicity status.

* The sheriff of Gravesfield, unable to arrest her for no reason, intends to make Luz's life as difficult as possible, blaming her for his nephew's death at the summer camp (who she might not even be responsible for) and viewing her as a SerialKiller that pulled a KarmaHoudini on a technicality. [[DirtyCop He has bribed]] store owners, gyms, day-cares, libraries, restaurants, and even the schools (including online ones) to ban her from their shops spreading rumours that she was a crazy murderer, preventing the girl from having some semblance of a normal life. Not even [[MamaBear Camila]] is able to do much about her daughter's HeroWithBadPublicity status.

* The Luz Noceda who finally manages to walk away from the trauma she endured under the Death Camp is [[StartOfDarkness colder, darker, and more brutal]]. While in some might see her change to a badass AntiHero as something be praised, to others (especially her mother) Luz's radical change is something to mourned instead, hoping that she'll return to the kind GenkiGirl she once was.

* Once Camila becomes aware she's AloneWithThePsycho in her own home, Jonah Smith, who she heard about from news of this monster's crimes against his wife, causing her to rightfully scream in horror and then struggles to breathe as the hitman uses his Quirk on her. With only her HealingHands power, the woman knows full well she has no chance of survival either fighting off TheBrute or escaping due to his SuperSmoke.

!!Part 1
[[folder:Arc 7 - A Late Start To A Wacky World]]
* Chapter 24, it reveals that Shigaraki's "brief" visit to the Boiling Isles 24 years ago was actually a 10-year long war. Lord knows how many people died because of it.
** If a witch is given a Quirk, they lose with ability to use magic as a result. This due to Bile Sac shrivelling up from it. Even if the Quirk gets removed, it would take 3 years to show signs of recovery and further 10 years to fully restore, as in Alador's case. Considering his passion for his work and he's the main breadwinner of his family, it must not have been pleasant experience for the man.

** Its also heavily implied that Amity's conception was of QuestionableConsent too, making her TheUnfavorite of the family. [[BigBrotherBully The twins see their younger sister as freak, not wanting much to do with her]]. Her own father, despite claiming to love her, is reluctant to even look at her in the eyes on the best of days, due to being a constant reminder of what All For one did to them and was home-schooled for her own protection. [[{{Irony}} Good thing Odalia is way better mother here than in the show.]]

** Amity is a LonelyRichKid like the beginning of the show but for different reasons. Her family's wealth attracted more enemies than allies or people who would wish to get on their good side, only to try to get money from them. Right now she only considers Willow and Boscha her real friends due to seeing who she is beyond her family name and riches. Even then Boscha is closer to Willow and isn't above cracking jokes at her expense.
** This makes her incredibly worried about going to Hexside, a school for magic which she doesn't possess, giving her very low self-esteem, despite having a much better mother in her corner.

** If you were a witch with a Quirk, you would be a target for discrimination. There are about 200 "Unique" children that exist in Bonesborough alone, and all of them, were made social outcasts by The Emperor's Coven. [[KickTheDog Knowing Belos is likely a feature and not a bug in the social system.]] Many weren't wanted by their parents. They were haunting reminders of what Shigaraki had done to their home 14 years ago. All For One had destroyed whatever semblance of a normal life for many witch children could have had.

** A concerned Eda mentions that according to Owlbert [[DoomedHometown the place she gets her merchandise from vanished in a massive explosion]]. The owl Palisman only just barely got away in time, to which Amity comments that which losing their familiar is like a parent losing their child.
** Luz is now going by the alias All For One planed for her: Toshiko Shigaraki. Its heavily implying ThatManIsDead is in effect and she's fallen further into the monster's influence.

* In chapter 25, it starts off by mentioning Luz has become a HomelessHero due to the destruction of Gravesfield and hasn't had a decent night's sleep in the past 3 days, having slept in alleyways and caves. Her EvilMentor recommends that she ditch the name her parents gave her for a new one, due to the fact that it haunts her and the Wittebanes are currently on the Isles. When the girl tries to blame the vestige for her situation he brushes it off using logic to deflect fault onto the other enemies she had to face.
** When Rikitatsu praises the girl for achieving "Quirk Awakening", something he couldn't accomplish in his entire life, [[SoProudOfYou he tells her he's proud of her]]. The teen is thunderstruck, remarking Camila was the only one to have ever said that to her… only recalling one time, when she got a Grade A on a Spanish test in 5th grade… While readers know Camila was always proud of her daughter, its clear the 14-year old didn't hear it enough times for her self-esteem and she never will now that she's gone.
*** As Rikitatsu continues to praise his apprentice, he stops as he notices the girl TryingNotToCry. This genuinely catches the man off guard and flat out asks her if she's okay... only for her to hug the person she recognises as a monster and break down into tears. She's so thoroughly broken and traumatised by her experience as a superhuman she's willing to seek comfort from All For One of all people. [[SympathyForTheHero Even some one with a black heart like him is compelled to comfort the girl]], which probably only altruistic thing he's done in over a century.
** Rikitatsu is initially confused about what to do here until this scenario reminds him of when his late brother Yoichi, one person who ever truly gave a damn about other than himself, did this when they were kids.

** He was genuinely distraught and angry when the 2 future One For All successors of the résistance broke him out [[NiceJobBreakingItHero because he died not long afterwards, due to compromised immune system causing his body to be unable to clot blood]]. This adds more depth to his hatred towards the second One For All user.

** The villain admits that Luz was just a means to an end to get back to his world, have her steal One For All from All Might or whoever he passed it on to, and then pull a VillainOverride on her body and with the newly evolved All For One [[CameBackStrong come back to life stronger than ever]] to restore his criminal empire bigger than ever before. And now he has a WhatIsThisFeeling moment in his heart when seeing the girl in question in emotional turmoil, instead of his just usual sadism.

** The LastWords that Yoichi ever said to Rikitatsu? Deep down there ''is'' good in him and he can be better than just a cruel villain. Due to his EvilCannotComprehendGood nature of being a CardCarryingVillain he brushed it off as nonsense, but now, as he hugs Luz back, he proves Yoichi right for just a moment. Had things been different, such as having parental figures and guidance in his early life, its possible that the first All For One user would recognise his capacity to do good for good's sake like now. Time will tell if this causes a HeelRealization for the Symbol of Evil.

** On her way to the forest, Toshiko comes across Willow and Gilbert, one of her dads, who is in enraged by the sight the new comer as her appearance reminds him of Rikitatsu: The man who '''murdered''' his husband. Toshiko tries to warn him to not start a fight with her for his daughter's sake but it falls on deaf ears as he's about to punch him. At first it looks like he's about to become a dead man in a case of KillingInSelfDefense, but luckily the girl decides to spare his life.

** After Toshiko leaves, its revealed Eda was trailing her. Had the All For One user left Gilbert to die in front of Willow, the Owl Lady would have attacked and put a permanent end to any chance of the 2 having any sort of relationship they had in canon.
** The Strongest Witch of the Boiling Isles recalls how she was an UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom that inadvertently brought All For One's attention to her homeland, resulting the deaths of many and the cruel experiments on many more. that's a lot of indirect blood on her hands.
*** Things got so bad that Eda had to pull a EnemyMine with Emperor Belos and her estranged sister in order to drive All For One back to where he came from. Even then, her older sister paid a horrible price in losing her arm and right eye, something Eda will no doubt feel immense guilt over.
** The Owl Lady also recalls how a broken Gilbert was with the loss of Harvey in the war [[DeathSeeker going as far as to go to her so she could end his life]], but she refused knowing Harvey wouldn’t have wanted that and would've left poor Willow an orphan as she wouldn't be able to care for her properly.

* In chapter 26, Amity is in HeroicSelfDeprecation mode as she's dismissed by a rude vendor as she's just short on money to buy her mother a much wanted birthday present: black diamond ring. This is due to her forgetting to get her a gift last year, even though Odalia didn't hold it against her. Now she's resorting to FightClubbing in place where it could easily become a DeadlyGame just to repay her mother's love that this Odalia would tell her doesn't need to be repaid.

** In this story, a FantasticCasteSystem is in place: Witches were at the top, followed by demons, "Unique Children", Cyclopes, and finally the trolls. The trolls got the most brunt of the beatings. They were often treated less than dirt and were often victims of [[FantasticRacism hate crimes]]. Even cyclopes use their higher power over them. This likely a feature put in by Belos to KickTheDog even more and it really says something when The Underdark, a hidden UndergroundCity built by All For One's followers, has a more welcoming environment to social outcasts.

** Perry Porter is the founder of The Underdark and a follower of All For One, based around the Quirk user's ideals: Strength Above Status, Ideals Above Rules, and Emotions Above Morals... Except those aren't All For One's ideals. In fact, he doesn't have any beliefs. He adopts this rhetoric in his {{Rousing Speech}}es to his followers, and seeks out those on the fringes of society to bestow his "gifts", like he has done many times in the past. In reality, Rikitatsu only recruited people who are the victims of prejudice or who fail to fit in because they're vulnerable and more willing to fight and die for his sake, much like how real cultists seek out new members. People like Perry would likely be devastated if they ever found out the truth.

** When Amity is made aware that fights to the death are common in the tournament, she chooses to abide by the ThouShallNotKill code believing murder to be monstrous. This may cause some issues with her LoveInterest Toshiko who discarded that way of thinking long ago.
* The start of chapter 27, gives us an insight into Rikitatsu's past as a 12-year old street urchin along side his brother, dressed in nothing but rags and squatting in rundown houses. They often went without food for days with Yoichi getting excited at being fed an un-mouldy but stale loaf of bread instead of getting half-eaten or slightly rotted food. Rikitatsu had to steal a TheNeedless Quirk (implied to be Energy Saver) so that he could give more food to Yoichi and not starve.
** Yoichi's hemophilia certainly didn't make things easier and needed two layers of bandages to stop him bleeding out. Rikitatsu feared his little brother would die simply by sleeping because of his condition if he didn't "borrow" the HealingHands Quirk. His brother approve of him using his PowerParasite Quirk but he was right it was key to their survival.

** At the end of the flashback, Rikitatsu tells Yoichi he intends to save the world via iron fist and stealing enough Quirks. While a WellIntentionedExtremist is a step up from him wanting to become a Demon Lord, it shows there really was good in All For One and could've been a genuine hero if he had the right guidance.

** Not only does she blame The Governor and Wittebanes for her life going to shit, but to a smaller extent her mother too, even though she admits that it wasn’t fair to say that.
** Toshiko encounters King who looks down at the girl with anger that she reminds him of the villain that attacked his homeland and fractured his face and horn. Toshiko’s only gives uncaring expression and acknowledges the fact, prompting the much larger beast take her anger out on her if she doesn't leave.
** As their fight comes to an end, Eda notices a column of blue fire and runs towards as fast she can towards it panicking about her family's safety. Luckily, things were resolved by the time she got there.

** As Eda and King welcome her into their house, Toshiko feels a sense of hope for the first time in months she could actually live here in The Boiling Isles without having to look over her shoulder constantly. However, if the Clawthornes ever find out about All For One squatting in her head this maybe lead to a TragicDream as they could kick her out instead of trying to help her.

*** This also implies Luz could have got a vestige of Camila had her body not turned into red mist thanks the assassins putting her corpse in the way of the girl's Forcefield Projection.
* In chapter 28, Amity accidently kills her opponent. While she suffers no legal consequences and her enemy was an AssholeVictim who WouldHurtAChild, the crowds cheers on her victory just invoke YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame and leaves the arena not wanting to be in the presence of the corpse any longer as she broke her ThouShallNotKill rule. While Witches weren’t afraid of bloodshed, that didn’t mean they like it.

** The tournament's host is none other than Raine Whispers, who was thought to have fallen in combat in the war 14 years ago. Turns out they faked their demise and had been hiding out in the Underdark with All For One's followers. According to Amity, Eda still thinks her LoveInterest is dead and likely won't take it well that Raine allowed her to think that for over a decade even if it was for a good reason.

** Perry Porter has figured out that Amity has One For All is likely including her into his schemes. He recalls the time Shigaraki saved his life from a bunch of Emperor Coven minions when he tried to report on a story that would have painted Emperor Belos in a bad light. Though is likely because he saw the news reporter a potential pawn he could make use of.

** Then, there's the story of Dr. Jade, otherwise known as Hilbert Jade, father of Skara. He was a famous scientist who had been living down in the Underdark with his daughter for 4 years ever since he went into hiding. He had been a part of the Emperor's Science Division, [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin only to have been kicked out and arrested when he tried making an illegal potion for someone in the Emperor’s Coven]]. The scout had been caught and executed, and Hilbert had been next in line for execution after the fact and it was only because The Golden Guard had swooped in to stop said execution at the tearful request of Skara that they were saved but at the cost of being fugitives from the law and leaving their old lives behind. Now, he worked for Perry to recreate the Nomu.
** Gus wants to go to Hexside and act as TheMole for his father not just to follow All For One's doctrine and make his father proud but because he doesn't want people to think he's getting special treatment by being Perry's son. [[IJustWantToBeNormal At least at Hexside, he’d be treated the same as everyone else.]] Its likely to cause conflict with the rest of the Hexsquad.

[[folder:Arc - 8: Truth, Lies, and The Inbetween]]

** While he has a noble cause in stopping Belos from carrying out the Day of Unity, he's more than willing to resort to creating Nomu to make that happen. He also notes that his old friend Eda will likely take exception him being All For One's follower even when he ravaged the Boiling Isles.
** Then there's the story of Dr. Jade, otherwise known as Hilbert Jade, father of Skara Jade. He was a famous scientist who had been living down in the Underdark with his daughter for 4 years ever since he went into hiding. He had been a part of the Emperor's Science Division, only to have been kicked out and arrested when he tried making an illegal potion per the request of someone in the Emperor’s Coven. The scout had been caught and executed, and Hilbert had been next in line for execution after the fact. It was only because The Golden Guard had swooped in to stop said execution at the tearful request of Skara that they were saved but at the cost of being fugitives from the law. Now, he worked for Perry to recreate the Nomu.

--> ''It wasn’t often, but whenever she was in the forest, she could hear their screams. [[VillainWantsMercy Their pained cries and their pleas for mercy]]. [[SickeningCrunch She could hear the sound of blood squelching and bones cracking—ruptured limbs and faces torn asunder]]. When she committed the act that she had done all of those months ago, she never really saw what she was doing. [[BlindedByRage She only acted on her emotions]]. But the phantoms she saw… the faces, or lack thereof of some of the people she had killed, haunted her. Every now and again, [[HearingVoices she could hear faint whispers in the back of her head]]. [[ItsAllMyFault Telling her that everything was her fault]].

** As Eda and King welcome her into their house, Toshiko feels a sense of hope for the first time in months she could actually live here in The Boiling Isles without having to look over her shoulder constantly. However, if the Clawthornes find out about All For One squatting in her head this maybe lead to a TragicDream.

** At the end of the flashback, Rikitatsu tells Yoichi he intends to save the world via iron fist and stealing enough Quirks. While this is a step up from him wanting to become a Demon Lord, it shows there really was good in All For One and could've been a genuine hero if he had the right guidence.
--> '''Rikitatsu''': ''With my power… once I get enough Meta-Abiltiies, I’ll be able to rule the world with an iron fist. No one will have to worry about wars because I’ll end them before they begin. No one will have to worry about hunger because I’ll stop hunger from getting nearly as bad as it is now. No one will have to worry about electricity because I’ll provide it. Everyone will rely on me because by then I’ll be immortal. I’ll be this world’s saviour!''

* Poor Camila is told by one of the doctors what happened at the Summer Camp orchestrated by her state's governor as a case of ChildrenForcedToKill, with her daughter having the highest body count and gaining serve PTSD from the experience. She has a HeroicBSOD and believes its her fault for forcing Luz to go there.

[[folder:Arc 6 - AFO versus The Golden Guard]]
* In chapter 22, [[DestructiveSaviour Hunter]] backhand slaps Luz through an entire block of houses with little effort, causing them to collapse on their occupants, killing them. The ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding trope is averted here.

** During her conversation with her opponent, Luz notices how much colder voice has become since the supermarket fight, like it belonged to someone else's. It seems All For One has changed her not just physically but emotionally, too. She wants to question this more but has more pressing concerns.

* After recovering from the Golden Guard's attack and realising she's landed at her old school, Luz picks out another target to mug for his top. Seeing he also has a Quirk, a fire-based one, she decides to steal that too, GodzillaThreshold move as she was already at her limit. After using her PowerParasite ability and taking his hoodie and shirt, Luz notices she accidently just killed her victim as he DiesWideOpen with fear marring his face. While Luz expresses some remorse for her AccidentalMurder, its more muted than it should be. To the eyes of the school children that just earlier were about to call an ambulance for the AntiHero, this superhuman monster just straight up murdered their fellow classmate and friend for his clothes and powers. No wonder they run away from her, screaming in terror.

** When Luz fires her DeadlyForcefield at Hunter, he cuts it in half with his SwordBeam. Unfortunately, one half landed on top of the school, and the other half landed on a small group of other buildings. This results massive explosions that blow both parties back a bit, and when the dust settled, all that's left were 2 craters. NiceJobBreakingItHero. Both of you, that's a lot of kids that won't be going home tonight.
*** To make it worse Luz's first concern was that there's now no one left alive to dump off the excessive Quirk she stole, rather than have a MyGodWhatHaveIDone reaction to having killed people. The former GenkiGirl has developing a severe LackOfEmpathy thanks to recent events.
** And the ending of the chapter… As she stares down at the Golden Guard from the sky, Luz unironically calls herself TheChosenOne. It seems she’s starting to [[SanitySlippage believe Shigaraki's lies]].
* Chapter 23, its revealed that Hunter's loyalties are not with [[EvilUncle Belos]] or [[CardCarryingVillain Shigaraki]]. He has realised that they're both monsters that need to be put down. Must make you wonder how and when he figured it out. He might know what what the [[FinalSolution Day Of Unity really is]], which is why he wants Luz as an ally to liberate his people. However, he's completely unaware of All For One's presence in her.

** At one point, when Hunter believes he just killed Luz for good, the boy laments she could’ve been a great ally to him and his mission to save his homeland from TheEmperor.
** During the fight Luz regains the "Vines" Quirk, from the boy gave it to as he apparently died as CollateralDamage. The girl remarks that she told herself that she would never keep this Quirk, when Hunter asks why she would do that Luz snaps at him. Julia's death is still a store spot.

** As Luz starts to break down into tears, she laments how in just a single month her life has turned to hell. She once thought that the MassSuperEmpoweringEvent was a dream come true that would vindicate her worldview only for to turn into a nightmare as she suffers a long TraumaCongaLine as her life keeps getting worse.

** Just as it looks like Luz has been defeated, she awakens her Quirk. As much of a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome it is, this gives Shigaraki a ''very'' good reason to pull a VillainOverride on her instead of Tomura.

** Their fight ends up completely destroying Gravesfield. This is especially worse for Luz as she ended up contributing her DoomedHometown that she vowed to protect. Now its nothing more than a giant crater.
*** What's worse is just how avoidable all this was. Luz never wanted the fight at all since the beginning and Hunter just wanted to carry out a SecretTest (and to turn her into the Boiling Isles saviour), but unfortunately they both just kept getting pushed to the point where they couldn't hold back anymore. [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot Had either been more willing to talk things out and get on the same page, perhaps thousands of lived would've been spared.]]
** After Luz punches Hunter in the Demon Realm, she calls him out for his role in her hometown's destruction while acknowledging her actions contributed to its demise as well. She all but states that she doesn't she the point in fighting or killing him anymore, not even {{Revenge}}.
** After two whole seasons, Luz is finally in the Boiling Isles. Unbeknown to her she's become an UnwittingPawn to her EvilMentor.

[[folder:Arc 5 - Death To Normality]]
* Chapter 19. Camila. Just poor Camila.
** Luz's mother is in full HeroicBSOD mode. Filled with guilt and shame, [[ItsAllMyFault she blames herself for everything that's happened the past 2 months]].

** Having noticed her once GenkiGirl daughter has become jaded and... extremely pessimistic after the DeadlyGame, she still didn't expect her to openly announce the fact that she was more than fine with ''committing murder''. Camila barely recognises her own child anymore.

** The KindlyVet is under no illusion that Luz going to be coming back home, not because she'd disown her but because the town of Gravesfield won't let her. She's already feeling her house more empty already without her daughter.
--> ''“[[MurderIsTheBestSolution I’m going to go kill the Wittebanes]]…” Those words haunted her thoughts. Kill…. Luz [[KillingInSelfDefense killing someone outside of self-defence]] such as during The Death Camp and the front of the store was just something that she couldn’t even begin to comprehend. [[UsedToBeASweetKid Her mija… killing someone in cold blood]]? [[MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal No… her mija would never]]. And yet, here was the future, staring her in the face. [[YouCantGoHomeAgain Her daughter was going to run away, get as far away from Gravesfield as she possibly could and leave her old life behind. In the process, she would leave behind her mother]], and she did so telling her of what she was going to do.''
** As Camila is about to break down in tears with her face in her hands, she left asking her why this is happening to her family. First, [[TheMourningAfter her husband, Manny]], died of acute heart failure, then her parents died in an earthquake, and now her daughter had been put through hell and back by pretty much everyone around them. [[EtTuBrute They weren't even safe from her own family]], considering her niece Riley just tried to murder Luz not too long ago. Camila doesn't even have the closure of an explanation on why she'd do something so unforgivable to her own blood.

** Once Camila becomes aware she's AloneWithThePsycho in her own home, Jonah Smith, who she heard about from news of this monster's crimes against his wife, causing her to rightfully scream in horror and then struggles to breathe as the hitman uses his Quirk on her. With only her HealingHands power, the woman knows full well she has no chance of survival either fighting off TheBrute or escaping due to his SuperSmoke.
** As the GiantMook, lifts her by the hair, he explains before he kills her that he was sent here because Riley failed to kill Luz. Camila realises that her niece was TrappedInVillainy all the long. Had Riley informed Luz or Camila about her situation and the threat of the Wittebanes, its likely the Nocedas would've did their best to help their relative get out the asasssin life, as they worked together.
** In her last moments, Camila is in great pain, believing she failed Luz as a mother and knowing she's going to [[DyingAlone die alone]] with only her murderer as witness, Camila still has it in her to FaceDeathWithDignity and GoOutWithASmile. Her one regret being the UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom by sending her daughter to Summer Camp.

** While Camila has no doubts that Luz will defeat all the assasins sent after her and avenge her murder, her final thoughts are that she truly doesn't want Luz to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge in her name. Not to mention that with Camilla gone, [[TheCorrupter All For One]] will be more than happy about Luz having no other people on her side than him.

** When Luz tries to convince a squad of cops not to fight her, a new assassin shows up, and informs the now terrified cops by pointing out that the CopKiller recently killed their friends on the force and that they deserve to be avenged.
** As Sophia fires an EnergyBall at the cop squad, Luz intercepts it with her [[BarrierWarrior Forcefield Projection]]. Despite the Gravesfield police having been the ones to spearhead a lot of grief given to her in the past month, that doesn’t stop her from trying to save as many lives as she could. If things were different, Luz could've been superhero she always wanted, instead she will be known as a mass murderer.

** After being knocked into a nearby store by the hitwoman's attack, many customers and store owners ran away as fast as they could when they saw her get up, heading toward the exit. Luz laments her HeroWithBadPublicity rep exceeds her.
* In chapter 20, Luz notices that several innocent bystanders were killed the crossfire of her fight and turned to LudicrousGibs. At the rate they were going, Gravesfield, the town Luz wants to protect, is going to be destoyed and her opponent [[LackOfEmpathy doesn't appear to give a damn as long]] as her job is completed and gets a [[BloodKnight good fight]] out of it.
** After recovering from the latest attack, Luz notices she has received enough ClothingDamage that's she's barely decent. What does she do? She chooses to assault at a nearby girl that goes to her school and knocks her out cold to steal it. We understand you needed a new shirt and pants due to the attacks you suffered from, [[KickTheDog but did you really have to attack an innocent teenager and steal it from her, leaving the poor girl unconscious, alone and in her underwear]]? She rationalises this as needing it more but if the girl survives the battle she might be tramatised and that definitely was NOT a hero's choice.

** As the fight continues, Sophia compares this to something out of an [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike oriental comic book]]. [[PersonOfMassDestruction Two powerhouses fighting against one another]] and deems Luz to be a WorthyOpponent. If it were any other situation and a different Luz, the girl would agree and the feeling would be mutual with a clever quip. But here not the case due to the assassin trying to her, her town being destroyed in the process and countless innocents dying in the crossfire. So instead the All For One user gives a DeathGlare to the BloodKnight.
*** This situation has all ended up being a classic 'Hulk Scenario'. Had the Wittebanes, police and the locals left Luz alone, so much destruction and death could've been avoided.
** Before Sophia is killed, Jonah joins the fight. Luz has no idea that this monster just killed her not long ago.
* Chapter 21, my god. The GiantMook hitman, seeing the odds of winning his aren't in this favor, decides to play his "[[KickTheDog trump card]]". [[DeadAllAlong Camila Noceda was already dead]], but [[LockedOutOfTheLoop Luz didn’t know that]]. He doesn't just dump Camila's corpse in front of her superhuman daughter to induce a HeroicBSOD. TheSociopath goes beyond that to make her think that '''she''' had been the one to kill her mother with her [[DeadlyForceField Forcefield Cannon]], at a point where its too late to stop it, when his accomplice teleports her corpse in the attack turning Camila's body into LudicrousGibs, she goes into a DespairEventHorizon to leave her open for a killing blow. Its bad enough Jonah killed Camila but to trick her daughter into believing she just became a SelfMadeOrphan is just beyond scummy. it would've worked if it wasn't for Shigaraki.

** While Shigaraki is able snap his successor out of it, he does so by invoking ThePowerOfHate and to PayEvilUntoEvil. Luz all but says that's all she has left now, as her eyes become a [[LockedIntoStrangeness permanent crimson red]].

** While Luz able to kill Jonah once and for all, her beloved mother is still dead and she believes to have been the one to kill her by accident. [[PartingWordsRegret Keep in mind the last conversation she had with her mom was telling her that she going kill more people]] and Camila seemingly now just as afraid of her as the rest of the townsfolk and with the assumption [[IHaveNoSon she'll disowned her for that]], when that wasn't the case. Unless she hears a second-hand source, Luz will never know the truth.
*** Hell, she doesn't even have a body to bury alongside her father and can't even take the "[[HealingHands Repair]]" Quirk back as a TragicKeepsake or it for good like Camilla no doubt would've wanted.
*** Now that Camila is gone there’s nothing to hold Luz back from staying on the Boiling Isles, permanently. Let's just hope the Owl House gang find a way to bring some semblance of [[HealTheCutie happiness and peace for Luz]] but it’s definitely gonna be an uphill battle that’s for sure, especially with [[ManipulativeBastard Shigaraki's machinimas at work]].
** With all the immediate assassins now dead by her hands, Luz finds herself not wanting to fight anymore. She may never get physically exhausted anymore that's to one of her Quirks but can still get [[HeroicBSOD mentally and emotionally exhausted]]. She plans, after killing the Wittebanes, to seclude herself away from the rest of society and never show her face ever again because of [[PersonOfMassDestruction all the death and carnage she just caused in one day]], hoping to find some semblance of peace. However, with the authorities now after her and her battle likely becoming front page news, its unlikely she's find it in the human realm. Too bad she doesn't have a therapist anymore.
--> '''Narrator''': ''Luz looked down at the road below, where all the carnage had taken place. [[PersonOfMassDestruction It looked like a warzone]]. The blood, the fires, the destruction, and the bodies that lined the floor. She only realized now that the fighting had killed more than just [[BloodKnight Sophia]], [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth her mother]], [[PsychoForHire Jonah]] and [[TheStoic Charlie]]. There were more than over a dozen bodies, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone and it made Luz’s stomach knot]]. [[AccidentalMurder She didn’t mean to kill all of those innocent people]]. Really, she didn’t. They were all caught in the crossfire, none of them deserved that. And yet, here they were. [[TheseHandsHaveKilled Blood coated her hands, a heavy sin, and her body shook]]. She was fine with [[GoodIsNotSoft killing her enemies—current circumstances forced that to happen]]. But the blood of the innocent? [[NeverHurtAnInnocent It was never meant to touch her hands]]. And yet, here it was.''

** Keep in mind, that Riley's Quirk is fuelled by ThePowerOfHate. In Riley's, last moments ''knows'' beyond a shadow of a doubt that her own little cousin hates enough to kill her with her own power.
*** Had Luz not been tricked into believing she just killed her mother, its entirely possible that she would've had least heard Riley out. Even if she didn't forgive, [[EnemyMine they could've worked together to take down Tyler Wittebane]]. But alas, Luz wasn't in the right headspace to do or think of that and instead concludes that MurderIsTheBestSolution.

** Luz fires a massive DeadlyForceField at the little witch, only to dodge and accidently [[HellishCopter hits one of the news helicopters, knocking it out of the sky and sending it crashing into several buildings below, causing a massive explosion. NiceJobBreakingItHero. You've added even more innocent civilians to your kill count.
*** Luz always wanted to become TheChosenOne hero figure. But because what happened today, she'll be remembered as a supervillain responsible for the deaths of hundreds, possibly thousands. Hell, it's likely Tyler will use the demise of Gravesfield to vindicate his beliefs to followers and make lives worse for Quirk users with increased FantasticRacism.
** At one point, Luz directly asks Millie what has she or her mother had ever done to her as she just wanted to be left alone in peace. The responds that she brought on herself and believes that [[MistakenIdentity Luz and Shigaraki are the same All For One]], despite looking different from before. Heavily, implying the emperor's coven officer has met the CardCarryingVillain personally while causing trouble for Belos and has not had a good experience with him.

*** It's good that she's taking responsibility about the AccidentalMurder, but she's also painfully aware that if it wasn't for everyone around her trying to kill her so many more would still be alive. These innocents are dead because others couldn't leave well enough alone. The town is getting destroyed because they can't leave one girl alone.

[[folder:Arc 4 - Summer Break Shenanigans]]
* In chapter 14, its revealed that Luz and Camila had moved house. Rather than feel MovingAngst, Luz appears to be somewhat glad to making a fresh start. Though its rather sad as she admits she had fond memories of of her old house but is so scarred that she wants to forget the past and move on.
** Luz still has a rep of the weird kid, not because she's still the CloudCuckooLander we know and love but because now she's turned into TheQuietOne. The line below shows how badly traumatized by everything she's experienced since gaining All For One. Time hasn't healed this broken child.

** At a donut shop, one of Luz's former bullies tries to antagonise her, only for the teen to put her in place. As awesome as it is in TheDogBitesBack fashion, it's a reminder that this Luz is a lot more violent person now as a coping mechanism for her PTSD, and according to her, [[NotBrainwashed Shigaraki wasn't to blame as they hadn't spoken to each other in a 2-month time gap]].
** When girl called Natasha tries to apologise to Luz for not defending her from her bullies out of peer pressure when they tried to be friends, Luz [[RejectedApology rejects it saying its not wanted or needed]].
** Her therapist notes that [[NeverBeHurtAgain extreme reluctance to form meaningful relationships, friendships or otherwise because she was afraid to lose them; just like how she lost Julia]]. Luz's SurvivorsGuilt also gives her nightmares about failing to save Julia.
* In chapter 15, the sheriff of Gravesfield, unable to arrest her for no reason, intends to make Luz's life as difficult as possible, blaming her for his nephew's death at the summer camp (who she might not even be responsible for) and viewing her as a SerialKiller that pulled a KarmaHoudini on a technicality. [[DirtyCop He has bribed]] store owners, gyms, day-cares, libraries, restaurants, and even the schools (including online ones) to ban her from their shops spreading rumours that she was a crazy murderer, preventing the girl from having some semblance of a normal life. Not even [[MamaBear Camila]] is able to do much about her daughter's HeroWithBadPublicity status.
** It’s very depressing to see Luz go through all this horrible crap none of which at the end of the day is her fault but it’s probably only get worse from here. And you thought things in canon were bad for Luz but now Luz has become even more of an [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer outcast in the Human World]] with people [[FantasticRacism discriminating against her]] no thanks to that [[DirtyCop asshole cop]] and [[CorruptChurch the Wittebanes]]. This actually gives Luz even more reason and actually good validation to want to leave earth and stay on the Isles, with her mother being her sole reason to put up with it all.
** Riley Stewardson, Luz's cousin from her father's side, has a DarkAndTroubledPast. She too gained a Quirk from the MassSuperEmpoweringEvent, the power to turn anything she touched with her bare hands into bombs. This includes people, as she found out first-hand while having a fight with her abusive father and turning him into LudicrousGibs, losing her right eye in the explosion. She was then kicked out of her house by her mother for AccidentalMurder of her husband not believing he abused her.
** After that Riley was taken in by the [[CorruptChurch Wittebane Mega Church]], but they didn't save her from homelessness out of a PetTheDog moment, instead there's the catch of turning her into their personal assassin. She didn't see any other option than homelessness or ending up dead in a ditch by the {{Church Militant}}s. According to the teen hitwoman, her case is not uncommon for many kids with dangerous Quirks to become killers for the very church that spread FantasticRacism against them. Now her next target is All For One, who, unbeknownst to her, is her little cousin who she just reconnected with.
** Riley explained to Luz that Camila posted Facebook when her daughter was in the hospital and were in for emergency surgery updating her status. After she stopped updating her page, Riley and her immediate family all assumed the worst had happened to the girl.
* At the beginning of chapter 16, it reveals Shigaraki's EvilPlan involving Luz.: To what he tried to Touma in canon and pull a VillainOverride on the poor girl, change her name, use The Boiling Isles as a way to get his own world, modify her body with help of the MadDoctor steal One For All from [[BigGood All Might]] in the guise of an innocent girl and become a MultiversalConqueror.
** All For One has been to The Boiling Isles before and intends to find a way to get there. Its also heavily implied the Titan's Blood he got his hands on came from King and could very well have tortured the poor guy to extract it before Eda rescued him from that monster when they both ended up in the MHA world.
** Another big kicker. All For One's death caused the MassSuperEmpoweringEvent to happen in Luz's world when his soul was put in her body! He's directly responsible (albeit unintentionally) for all the death and misery in the story on a global scale. Knowing the bastard, if he ''does'' get to his original Realm and confronts All Might again he's gonna reveal the AwfulTruth to give him a HeroicBSOD that not only did he only give his world a few years reprieve from their world's BigBad but is also an UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom to another world, ruining many lives including the little girl with the DiabolicalMastermind in her head who he's corrupting.
** Its pretty awful for Luz as while she knows All For One is a bad guy he has, in his own words, weaselled his way into her heart to make her believe he's not ''completely'' vile and at the very least has best interests in a SpiritAdvisor in a EvilMentor kind of way. This chapter confirms beyond a doubt that All For One is, in the end, heartless sociopath that does not care for anyone but himself. All the affection and praise this monster has for Luz Noceda is superficial at best.
** Riley is having a FamilyVersusCareer crisis in the most messed way possible: rationalizing on whether to go through with killing her cousin Luz or not after finding out she's All For One, the one that she was hired to kill for $10 million. Especially since her bomb Quirk only works under ThePowerOfHate so she would have to resort to IrrationalHatred by blaming her for her abusive father's death.
** While Riley knows that betraying Luz is wrong, she honestly believes she's going to be killed either way by the Wittebane's other assassins along with Riley in a YouHaveFailedMe procedure.
* At the start of chapter 17, Luz thinks to herself that her AllTheOtherReindeer status in Gravesfield has become so bad she'd wish her and and her mom could just move states if weren't for ThePromise.
--> ''She hated this. She really, really hated this. She wanted to move away, but her mother was too attached to the town. Even when they had the money to move, they didn’t. She didn’t blame her mama for wanting to stay. And besides, she had promised Pastor Domenico that she would protect this town and avenge Julia.''
** When held at gun point by a hitman, Luz offhandedly notes he's the third person this month to point a gun at her. While she won the SuperpowerLottery and is more capable of fighting back, its saddening that someone so young has been ConditionedToAcceptHorror.
** After her HealingFactor kicks after being shot by the hitman's accomplices, Luz remarks that she can't even do a simple shopping trip without being harassed.
--> '''Luz''': ''(TranquilFury)'' You know… I just wanted to get some shopping done. Really, that’s it! ''(RedEyesTakeWarning)'' '''But, it would seem as if I’m not even allowed that'''.
** Just after killing Derreck, the assassin with the MultiArmedAndDangerous power, Luz laments that ItGetsEasier for her to kill people with the remorse she feels for taking this teen's life nothing compared to causing "The Massacre Of Fools."
** When Luz does a PullingThemselvesTogether to cheat death after being reduced to LudicrousGibs, she has reached her limit. Over the course of the chapter she has been made to get shopping by her mother despite being hated in her hometown out of FantasticRacism, been attacked by a team of assassins, forced into KillingInSelfDefense multiple times again, received dirty looks from onlookers as if [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming blaming]] her for the shooting, had her VigilanteMan identity and role in "The Massacre Of Fools" revealed by Millie, held at gunpoint by a squad of police officers led by the DirtyCop sheriff that has personal created her HeroWithBadPublicity reputation and just when she was about to surrender peacefully... her own cousin, Riley, one of the few people she trusted tried an AssassinationAttempt on her. Now she's just done with it all this TraumaCongaLine and is about to let loose... AllAccordingToPlan as Shigaraki predicted.
--> ''[[ThisIsUnforgivable Luz could barely see anything. That was how furious she had been. That was how angry she had been. And thus…]]'' '''''[[ThenLetMeBeEvil She gave in to her hate]].'''''
* While many readers can agree that chapter 18 is a CatharsisFactor, it's painful to read the Luz be BlindedByRage throughout the remainder of the fight. The Luz in the show would make funny quips or goof around in a fight. She doesn't even demand to know why Riley betrayed her and tell her to surrender peacefully, like her show's probably counterpart would. No. Here in the story, there's none of that. She's just so, ''so'' angry by a member of her family's betrayal that she's gone into GottaKillThemAll mode with no talking out of it.
** By the time Luz calms herself down after the intense fight, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone she finally registers the death and destruction she has caused in the space of a few minutes since the first gunman showed up]]. The teenager comes to the conclusion that the police officers had no intention of taking her in alive and is frustrated by the unfairness of her situation.
--> ''Why? [[AllTheOtherReindeer Luz wanted to know why everyone hated her]]. Was it because of what she did at the camp? [[KillingInSelfDefense That was self-defence, or what could loosely be called self-defence]]. The whole point of that camp was to kill one another. [[AssholeVictim The rest of the camp thought it funny to kill her friends]], so she [[PayEvilUntoEvil returned the favour ten times over]]. [[IDidWhatIHadToDo Why couldn’t people see that she wasn’t given a choice?]]''
** Luz notices a small, terrified crowd of mostly teens and their parents, including her own horrified mother, with some that had witnessed and filmed her carnage on their phones. The teen realises that people now know Luz Noceda is a CopKiller and any chance the girl had of ever having a normal life, let alone becoming a superhero... is gone. Now the only person she believes she can remotely count on is the EvilMentor squatting in her head who intends to CorruptTheCutie by instilling a NeverMyFault attitude even further now to be the "Next Me". YouCantGoHomeAgain Luz. Not without being put in prison for life or killed on sight.
--> ''[[CassandraTruth She knew that, despite whatever excuse she could come up with, no one in the crowd was going to believe a word of what she would want to say]]. They saw her kill police officers. [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten Whatever attempt to be a hero there was for her was now gone]]. No one liked or routed for a CopKiller, even if that cop was a DirtyCop.''
** Its also entirely possible that many of the cops weren't actually corrupt but JustFollowingOrders. Luz notes that those police officers had families in town, now many have lost a parent, sibling and/or spouse from this incident created by a corrupt sheriff with a sense of MisplacedRetribution and a SinisterMinister blinded by FantasticRacism.
** Hell, there probably wasn't even a right choice to begin with for Luz. Considering that the DirtyCop sheriff hired some of those crooks to attack Luz in the first (believing her to be All For One) he would have arrested her on trumped up charges, even if she did have good self-defense claim, [[PoliceBrutality assuming they were planning to take her alive]]. This whole situation was a MortonsFork for Luz. We can only hope that the Owl House residents can HealTheCutie.
** When a worried Camila asks Luz where she's going now, Luz with BrutalHonesty tells her intends to track down and kill the Wittebanes before they kill her first and informs her that her niece Riley that stayed the night with them tried to murder her. Luz fully expects her mother to pull WhatTheHellHero response or say IHaveNoDaughter for her words and actions, instead it seems she's fallen into a HeroicBSOD at how messed up the situation is that it'll only end with the death of her beloved daughter or the VillainWithGoodPublicity sending assassins her them. And even then her daughter has no future here other than a wanted criminal after this is all over.
** When Luz tells her she's going to kill Tyler Wittebane she intentionally makes her voice distant, in an attempt to not show her mom the lack of conviction. This may have had the opposite effect in expressing LackOfEmpathy in her belief that MurderIsTheBestSolution. Luz’s life is so much more horrible here now than it was in canon now. Luz has no chance to have any sort of future or normal life in the Human Realm now.
** Poor Camila after vowing to never fail her daughter again, in her mind, she believes she has failed in that [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom all because she sent her to go shopping]], she has with no real way to help her now. Shigaraki even notes Luz's own mother looks afraid of her now.
--> '''Shigaraki''': '''''It seems even your mother is scared of you, Luz. What are you going to do?'''''
* After Riley and Millie's failed AssassinationAttempt on Luz, Tyler intends to request [[TheDragon the Golden Guard]] from Emperor Belos to assist him. If the emperor agrees, then that would make Hunter's first trip to the Human Realm not much better that the show's experience: being told by his uncle that All For One is a dangerous mass murder to be put down. The two's first encounter won't be any friendlier than canon.
** Riley has become a RegretfulTraitor after finding out Tyler also intends to have Camila killed by his PsychoForHire to spite Luz. Drowning in her own guilt, she breaks down into tears for the first time since her AccidentalMurder of her abusive father.